A curation of articles, essays, book reviews and interviews on critical geographical concerns.
As long as industrial plastic recycling dominates conceptions of the circular economy at the expense of more participative elements, the planting of plastics is its immediate consequence.
Piled in layers, always in multiples. Peculiar voluminous cubes and cylinders covered by plastic foil-coating, filled with mixed municipal solid wastes, appear in large numbers along marginalized areas of the European periphery.
In a pilot project, the East African tech-company mShamba is adapting an e-extension system called iPlus to the context of a Tanzanian village. This essay discusses the contradictory implications of experimental approaches with private sector innovation in agricultural development.
In solidarity with abolition and anti-racist movements, the following EPD: Society and Space articles on racism, racialization, and policing are free to access through September 2020. We will continue to use our resources to support critical scholarship on these topics.
During the unprecedented crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, the editorial collective at Society & Space has made the decision to 'press pause' on our normal working practices. We believe that to continue as usual right now would be untenable and unethical.